Juggling Five Balls

Imagine life is a game in which you are juggling five balls

In his novel Suzanne’s Diary for Nicholas, James Patterson artfully highlights where our priorities lie in our personal and professional balancing act:

“Imagine life is a game in which you are juggling five balls. The balls are called work, family, health, friends, and integrity. And you’re keeping all of them in the air. But one day you finally come to understand that work is a rubber ball. If you drop it, it will bounce back.

The other four balls—family, health, friends, integrity—are made of Glass. If you drop one of these, it will be irrevocably scuffed, nicked, perhaps even shattered.” 😦

The question of balance is really a question of priority.

When you change your language from balancing to prioritizing, you see your choices more clearly and open the door to changing your destiny. Things to ponder upon.